WEBVTT MONTGOMERY, ALABAMTRACY: OVERNIGHT ON TWITTER,PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, WHOENDORSED MOORE CONGRATULATEDJONES ON A "HARD FOUGHT" WIN.HE ADDED REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE"ANOTHER SHOT" AT THE SENATESEAT.THE ATTORNEY FOR A SIDNEY MANWHO IS SERVING A 50-YEARSENTENCE AFTER PLEADING GUILTYTO SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A MINOR.ISSUES AN APPEAL TO THE "STATESUPREME COURT".ERIC BARD WAS CONVICTED OFSEXUALLY ASSAULTING A FOURYEAR-OLD GIRL HE WASAND RECORDING THAT ASSAULT ONHIS CELL PHONE.THIS MORNING, HIS ATTORNEY ASKEDTHE COURT TO THROW OUT THESENTENCE AND GIVE HIM A NEWTRIAL BECAUSE OF A CONVERSATIONTHAT THE PROSECUTION HAD WITHTHE JUDGE, WHILE NEITHER BARDNOR HIS ATTORNEY WERE PRESENT.THE JUDGE ALSO SEALED THETRANSCRIPT.THE COUNCIL HAD NO WAY OFKNOWING WHAT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED.>> THE CONVERSATION THATCONCERNS EVERYONE IN THIS ROOMTOOK PLACE BECAUSE OF A TRIALJUSTICES ATTEMPT TO SHEPARD THISCASE THROUGH THE CRIMINALPROCESS AND HAVE THE JURY TRIALTHAT HE REQUESTED.

Maine man appeals sentence for sexual assault of 4-year-old

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Updated: 12:31 PM EST Dec 13, 2017

PORTLAND, Maine —

Eric Bard appealed his 50-year sentence for sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl he was babysitting to the Maine Supreme Court on Wednesday.